Site AdministratorThe ECAC puts a difficult holiday tournament season behind it, starting with a (limited) return to conference play. Also: plaudits go out to Yale head coach Tim Taylor, who had a milestone weekend. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy report.
College hockey’s top individual prize, the Hobey Baker Award, is now accepting nominations in the first phase of naming the Hobey winner. From now until Jan. 19, 2003, hockey fans may nominate Division I men’s college hockey players. The initial phase of the Hobey is for the fans — an interactive process where anyone with … Read more
Harvard churns out world leaders, renowned scientists, award-winning literary figures, and goalies. So what’s wrong with that?
Alabama-Huntsville gave up two shorthanded goals to a solid Findlay penalty kill but overcame the Oilers with strong goaltending from senior Mark Byrne and two goals by senior left wing Steve Charlebois to capture its second UConn Classic title in two chances with a 4-2 victory. Findlay got the scoring going when Oiler captain and … Read more
Ferris State, the first nationally-ranked team in the 10-year history of the UConn Classic, started out slowly but netted three third-period goals to shut out homestanding Connecticut 5-0 in the consolation game of the tournament. Ferris, which had been upset by Alabama-Huntsville the night before, dominated play but had difficulty getting the puck past UConn … Read more
With a championship in its new Subway Holiday Classic tournament, North Dakota maintained its hold on first place in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. However, No. 2 Maine trails by just a single point after a narrow 3-2 win over Cornell in the Everblades College Classic, held in Estero, Florida. Colorado College was … Read more
Findlay scored two second-period goals en route to a 4-1 victory over Connecticut in the second game of the 10th annual UConn Hockey Classic on Sunday evening at the UConn Ice Arena. UConn dropped to 4-10-1 on the season after taking more than three weeks off for exams and the holiday, while the Oilers (8-6-1) … Read more
Senior Kent Gillings tallied two goals and three assists to earn MVP honors and the marquee matchup of the Ledyard Bank/Auld Lang Syne tournament turned into a blowout win for host Dartmouth, as the Big Green skated past UMass-Lowell 10-2 at the Thompson Arena in front of 3,537. Bridesmaids no more, the Big Green (8-4-0) … Read more
A third-period goal from Vermont defenseman Thomas Hajek meant that the consolation game of the Auld Lang Syne Tournament between Vermont and Notre Dame ended in a 3-3 tie at Thompson Arena Sunday afternoon. The first period was dictated by Notre Dame (8-7-3, 6-6-0 CCHA), with much of the play occurring in the Irish offensive … Read more
Ohio State’s R.J. Umberger continued his hot streak, scoring the game’s lone goal at 15:24 of the first period to lift the No. 11 Buckeyes to a 1-0 Everblades College Classic consolation game win over No. 3 Cornell at TECO Arena Sunday. Ohio State freshman goaltender Dave Caruso that score stand, stopping all 24 shots … Read more
Against teams other than ECAC foe Rensselaer, Princeton is 0-14 this season. Plus, the Tigers lost three games during a recent exhibition tour of England. But against the Engineers, the Tigers are 2-0. Backed by two goals from Patrick Neundorfer and another solid effort by goalie Trevor Clay, Princeton won for just the second time … Read more
Sunday, Merrimack captured its first tournament championship since the Reagan Administration manned the White House. But head coach Chris Serino, who in 1986 was on his way to being named Eastern Massachusetts schoolboy coach of the year, was more impressed with his team’s four straight victories than with the hardware it carried home. “The win … Read more
Michigan State scored three power-play goals and added two more with the teams skating four apiece as the Spartans beat Michigan Tech 6-2 in the third-place game of the 38th annual Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena. Tech got on the board first just 3:30 into the game as Jon Pittis tipped a Colin … Read more
Gerald Overton scored the game winning goal with :58 left in overtime to lead the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers over the eighth-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs, 5-4, at the UConn Classic. Alabama-Huntsville scored the opening goal when Karlis Zirnis put back a rebound from a Jared Ross shot past the outstretched pad of Bulldog goaltender Mike Brown. Ferris … Read more
Sunday, Maine claimed its second Everblades College Classic title in convincing fashion: with an 8-3 win over Massachusetts. The win came on the heels of a 3-2 win over third-ranked Cornell in which Black Bear coach Tim Whitehead was disappointed with his team’s effort. “I liked how we responded,” Whitehead said. “I was very, very … Read more
The banners at Joe Louis Arena are a little bit redder. With a 5-4 win over Michigan Sunday night, Boston University won the Great Lakes Invitational, making the Terriers the second straight team not from Michigan to win the Detroit-based tournament. North Dakota won the GLI last year. Boston University had to endure a lot … Read more
Fairfield snapped a seven-game winless streak with its first-ever win over Air Force Sunday, 3-0, at the Wonderland of Ice. Sophomore Andrew Martin collected his first collegiate shutout while classmate Cody Wojdyla recorded the winning goal. Neither team had many quality scoring chances through the first period until 15:31, when Wojdyla picked a bouncing puck … Read more
Senior Kent Gillings scored twice, including the game-winning goal, as Dartmouth built a 4-0 lead and then held off a late surge by Notre Dame to take the second game of the Auld Lang Syne 6-4 at the Thompson Arena Saturday evening. The Big Green got on the scoreboard early with a pair of goals … Read more
After a confusing week, Michigan State defenseman Duncan Keith made his debut with Kelowna of the Western Hockey League Friday night, almost certainly denoting the end of his college hockey career. Keith signed a contract last week with the Rockets of the WHL, a Canadian major junior league, rendering him ineligible in the eyes of … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced the 15 nominees for the 2003 Hockey Humanitarian Award today. The nominees are: Jennifer Agnew, Sr., Vermont, Sabattus, Me. Rachel Barrie, Jr., St. Lawrence, Arnprior, Ont. Stacey Bauman, Sr., Yale, Hanover, Ont. Mike Betz, Jr., Ohio State, Elizabeth, N.Y. Brad Fast, Sr., Michigan State, St. John, B.C. John Flint, … Read more